{"id":10262,"date":"2026-06-11T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10262"},"modified":"2026-06-11T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:41:00","slug":"kyriakos-mitsotakis-on-alexis-tsipras-the-people-have-taken-his-license-away-three-times-now-he-wants-a-new-car-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10262","title":{"rendered":"Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Alexis Tsipras: \u201cThe people have taken his license away three times\u2014now he wants a new car\u201d (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the transfer of the “driver’s license”<\/b>, the Prime Minister questioned the momentum of the new political initiative<\/b> of Alexis Tsipras<\/b>.<\/p>\n

In Alexis Tsipras\u2019s new political venture<\/b> and his effort to return to the center of developments through the \u201cELAS\u2013 Greek Left Alliance\u201d<\/b> was mentioned by Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b><\/b>, launching barbs at his political comeback<\/b>. During his interview on ANT1\u2019s \u201cEnopios Enopio\u201d program<\/b>, the prime minister argued that the founding of a new party does not negate the verdict of the citizens in the elections<\/b> of recent years, even using the analogy of a driver\u2019s license<\/b> to emphasize that, despite the change in political party<\/b>, the political figure<\/b> remains the same<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Following Kyriakos Mitsotakis\u2019s pointed statement<\/b>, the political confrontation over the future of the center-left<\/b> and the formation of Alexis Tsipras\u2019s new party<\/b> is becoming even more intense<\/b>, as the discussion <\/b>shifts from intentions to the substance of the political assessment<\/b> of the former prime minister by the electorate<\/b> and to whether a new party identity <\/b>can alter the dynamics that have already been established at the polls<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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The comment about Alexis Tsipras
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It was certainly discussed, but, as I said, the EAM left it to Mr. Polakis.<\/p>\n

But beyond that, a word about what you\u2019re saying: if your license is revoked three times, can you drive another car? The answer is no. Mr. Tsipras had his \u201clicense revoked\u201d three times by Greek citizens, and now he\u2019s forming a new party; he wants to drive a new car, but he\u2019s still the same Mr. Tsipras. Isn\u2019t that right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By invoking the “driver’s license” analogy, the prime minister cast doubt on the momentum of Alexis Tsipras’s new political initiative.
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